By: Bob C. Hookham At Edson Range, everyone gets to take their turn “pulling the butts”. I was assigned a target about a dozen from the right side. And of course, the Heads were all the way on the Left...
You may recognize comedian and actor Rob Riggle from his success as a correspondent on The Daily Show, films like Step Brothers, Dumb and Dumber, The Hangover, and 21 Jump Street. This year you’ll see him in Midnight Sun, which came out March 23rd, and Night School, set...
The toilet was “The Head” A drinking fountain was “The Scuttlebut” A door was not slightly open it was “Ajar” The uniform for going on a hike was “Spats, Gats and Tin Hats” There were khakis, greens, and blues Some...
In the early sixties the aircraft carriers at Pearl Harbor docked at the old Battle Ship Row in front of the Arizona Memorial on Ford Island. I was a plane captain on A4Ds in VMA-212 based at Kaneohe Bay on...
Like most Marines who have served in combat or experienced extreme, life altering, uncontrollable situations, I suffer from the affects of PTSD. With help, I’ve learned that it isn’t necessarily the event itself that causes the problem, but how we...
Sgt. Daniel W. Ridgeway 2nd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company in support of 1st Battalion, 5th Marines June 18, 2011 Afghanistan Award: Silver Star While on a dismounted security patrol to clear a suspected enemy cache site, then-Sgt. Ridgeway supervised...
Sgt. Grit: To the best of my recollection, here is the 12 days of boot camp ditty. I’m sure there were many variations of this: On the 1st day of boot camp, the Marine Corps gave to me, a haircut...
Since 2008, deploying Marines have participated in a training course preparing them to survive emergency, underwater egress situations. The Underwater Egress Trainer program teaches Marines and other authorized personnel to egress from sinking or submerged platforms. Marines learn to employ...
By: Arturo Jacinto Capt. William W. Putney, VMD authored “Always Faithful” regarding the Marine War Dogs in WWII. this is a must-read for anyone interested in War Dogs. Capt. Putney trained, deployed, fought with, and repatriated over 500 Dogs that...
